Roland Verdon - Estee Lauder
Roland Verdon has held the position of procurement director at the global biotechnology company Serono International (now Merck Serono International) since late 2003, where he has established the procurement function from scratch at the company's headquarters in Geneva.
He was previously procurement director worldwide for marketing, general services and IT at JT International (formerly Reynolds Tobacco), and head of purchasing at Medtronic Europe. This followed a range of roles in customer service and purchasing with Tetra Pak International and chemicals and healthcare company DuPont de Nemours International.
Roland is a Swiss citizen and speaks French, German, English and Spanish.
From this author:
Opinion: Aim for the top to add real value
Procurement is a much more acceptable function these days than 10 or 20 years ago, when the basic understanding of its added value was limited to purchase order management, writes Roland Verdon.
08:47, 02 May, 2007
Opinion: Groaning under the paperwork
Roland Verdon: EU bureaucracy is threatening the ability of companies to stay competitive – and therefore profitable.
22:21, 03 Nov, 2005
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